Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 3141

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Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 3141 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 21: Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz). This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Abu Dawud
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 3141
Chapter
21: Funerals (Kitab Al-Jana'iz)
Narrator in the source
Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا , Ummul Muminin
Compiler
Imam Abu Dawud
Displayed grading
Sahih
Hadith 3141
Sahih

حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏تَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ لَمَّا أَرَادُوا غَسْلَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنُجَرِّدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ ثِيَابِهِ كَمَا نُجَرِّدُ مَوْتَانَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَمْ نَغْسِلُهُ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ ؟ فَلَمَّا اخْتَلَفُوا أَلْقَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ النَّوْمَ. حتَّى مَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَذَقْنُهُ فِي صَدْرِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ كَلَّمَهُمْ مُكَلِّمٌ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَا يَدْرُونَ مَنْ هُوَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنِ اغْسِلُوا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَامُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَغَسَلُوهُ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَصُبُّونَ الْمَاءَ فَوْقَ الْقَمِيصِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَيُدَلِّكُونَهُ بِالْقَمِيصِ دُونَ أَيْدِيهِمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَا غَسَلَهُ إِلَّا نِسَاؤُهُ.

By Allah, we did not know whether we should take off the clothes of the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as we took off the clothes of our dead, or wash him while his clothes were on him. When they (the people) differed among themselves, Allah cast slumber over them until every one of them had put his chin on his chest. Then a speaker spoke from a side of the house, and they did not know who he was: Wash the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم while his clothes are on him. So they stood round the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and washed him while he had his shirt on him. They poured water on his shirt, and rubbed him with his shirt and not with their hands. Aishah used to say: If I had known beforehand about my affair what I found out later, none would have washed him except his wives.

— Narrated Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا , Ummul Muminin

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Collection: Sunan Abu Dawud. Compiler: Imam Abu Dawud. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 3141.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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